New Challenge for Police: Finding Pot in Lollipops and Marshmallows

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/us/new-challenge-for-police-finding-pot-in-lollipops-and-marshmallows.html?_r=0

After nearly 20 years on the job, Jim Jeffries, the police chief in LaFollette, Tenn., has seen his share of marijuana seizures — dry green buds stashed in trunks or beneath seats, often double-bagged to smother the distinctive scent.But these days, Chief Jeffries is on the lookout for something unexpected: lollipops and marshmallows.Recently his officers pulled over a Chevy Blazer driven by a couple with three children in tow. Inside, the officers discovered 24 pounds of marijuana-laced cookies and small hard candies shaped like gingerbread men, plus a tub of pungent marijuana butter perfect for making more.

The bags of Kraft marshmallows looked innocent enough. But a meat injector was also found in the car. After searching the Internet, Chief Jeffries realized that the marshmallows probably had been infused with the marijuana butter and heat-sealed into their bags.

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